ESPN's Quotes of the Year in College Football
The Year of Diego Pavia
"I'm sick of seeing that quarterback. I've had enough of him."-- Auburn coach Hugh Freeze, joking about Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia, who beat Freeze twice when he was at New Mexico State (once against Liberty 49-14 and then 31-10 in a huge upset against Auburn). Pavia threw for two more touchdowns in a 17-7 win over Auburn this season to go 3-0 against Freeze.
"The only place you play in the SEC that's not hard to play in is Vanderbilt. When you play at Vanderbilt, you have more fans there than they have."
-- ESPN analyst Nick Saban, three weeks before Alabama lost to Vanderbilt in Nashville 40-35.
"Vandy, we're f---ing turnt!"
-- Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, live on ESPN after beating Alabama for the first time in 40 years, its first top-five win in program history.
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